EU: Conciliation fails on revision of Working Time Directive

Conciliation talks between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, aimed at breaking the impasse over the proposed revision of the Working Time Directive, ended in failure in late April 2009.

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Germany: Metalworking social partners agree crisis package

The metalworking industry social partners in the Baden-Württemberg region signed an innovative agreement in mid-April 2009 on short-time working, training and employment, with the aim of dealing with the effects of the economic crisis.

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Ireland: Fast food firms challenge pay body

The Quick Service Food Alliance, an organisation representing fast food companies in Ireland, announced in April 2009 that it has launched a legal challenge to the system whereby binding minimum pay rates are set for the catering sector.

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Italy: Economic downturn leads to upsurge in solidarity agreements

The number of company-level “solidarity agreements”, which cut employees' working time, with a state benefit making up some of the loss of earnings, is soaring in 2009, as the economic crisis deepens in Italy.

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Poland: Pay deal averts coal miners' strike

Management and trade unions at Kompania Węglowa, Europe's largest coal-mining company, reached a pay agreement on 2 April 2009, resulting in the cancellation of a planned strike.

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Spain: Employers recommend 1% pay increase for 2009

Spain's main employers' organisation, CEOE, recommended in March that collectively agreed pay increases for 2009 should not exceed 1%, and that companies making losses should be able to withhold wage rises.

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EU: European-level employee involvement agreed for MAN SE

MAN, the Germany-based vehicle-manufacturing multinational, decided in April 2009 to convert into a European Company (Societas Europaea, SE) governed by EU law, and has signed an agreement on employee involvement to accompany the change of status.

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International: Wilkhahn signs worldwide employee rights agreement

Wilkhahn, a Germany-based furniture manufacturer with 600 employees worldwide, signed an international framework agreement in February 2009 on social responsibility and employees' rights, illustrating that such agreements are no longer the sole preserve of giant multinationals.

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France: Government restricts top managers' pay in state-assisted firms

From April 2009, senior managers in state-owned firms, and in companies that receive financial assistance from the state to help them through the economic crisis, face new restrictions on their remuneration, including a ban on stock options and free shares.

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